# List of public art in Oxfordshire

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This is a list of public art in Oxfordshire, in England. This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum.

## Oxford

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Owner / administrator | Notes |
| | The Oxford Ox | Park End Street. OX1 1HS 51°45′13″N 1°16′09″W﻿ / ﻿51.753512°N 1.269079°W﻿ / 51.753512; -1.269079 | 2001 (2001) | Olivia Musgrave | Sculpture | Bronze | >3m tall. | unknown | Commissioned to celebrate the opening of the Saïd Business School. |
| | Inspire | Oxford Castle. OX1 1AY 51°45′05″N 1°15′46″W﻿ / ﻿51.751442°N 1.262796°W﻿ / 51.751442; -1.262796 | 2006 (2006) | Alan Wilson | Sculpture | Bronze and stainless steel | 4m tall. | unknown | Commissioned by the Trevor Osborne Partnership, this sculpture references ancient obelisks and their relationship with the arc of the sun. The overall shape reflects the huge ancient window on one side of the square while the mix of bronze and stainless steel pays homage to the ancient and modern buildings that make up the space. |
| | View through the Window | Elizabeth Jennings Way. OX2 7BW 51°46′25″N 1°16′10″W﻿ / ﻿51.773577°N 1.269548°W﻿ / 51.773577; -1.269548 | 2007 (2007) | Tim Shutter | | Bath stone, Stoke Ground base bed | 244 x 357 x 155 cm | Berkeley Homes, Oxford and Chiltern Ltd. | The form of the bay window doubles as a temple-like folly. The mullions represent car parts in reference to the Morris Oxford factory that used to be on this site. |
| More images | "Another Time XI", known locally as "The Iron Man" | on the roof of Blackwell’s Art and Poster shop at the corner of Broad Street and Turl Street, Oxford. 51°45′15″N 1°15′23″W﻿ / ﻿51.754195°N 1.256496°W﻿ / 51.754195; -1.256496 | 2009 (2009) | Anthony Gormley | Statue | Iron | 2.1m tall | Exeter College, Oxford | The statue was placed on the roof of Blackwell’s Art and Poster shop at 9.30am on Sunday 15 February 2009. It weighs half a tonne, and is part of Gormley's "Another Time II" series of figures. An anonymous benefactor provided the funds for Exeter College to secure the sculpture. |
| More images | "Knowledge and Understanding", known locally as "Books" | Bonn Square, Oxford. OX1 1LQ 51°45′06″N 1°15′36″W﻿ / ﻿51.751728°N 1.260055°W﻿ / 51.751728; -1.260055 | 2009 (2009) | Diana Bell | Sculpture | Bronze | 1m tall | Oxford City Council | A gift to Oxford in 2009 to commemorate 60 years of twinning with the German city, 'Books' is inscribed with the words Knowledge, Understanding, Friendship and Trust (Wissen, Verständigung, Freundschaft, Vertrauen). The book theme continues on selected benches in the square. |
| | The Space of Reading | Weston Library, Broad Street, OX1 3BG 51°45′17″N 1°15′18″W﻿ / ﻿51.75485°N 1.25493°W﻿ / 51.75485; -1.25493 | 2019 (2019) | Tania Kovats | Sculpture | | | Bodleian Libraries | sculpture created from casts of 21 books |
| More images | The Great Debate | Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, OX1 3PW 51°45′31″N 1°15′22″W﻿ / ﻿51.75870°N 1.25620°W﻿ / 51.75870; -1.25620 | 2010 (2010) | Alec Peever | Plinth | Limestone | H 121 x W 42.5 x D 43 cm; Plinth: H (?) x W 105 x D (?) cm | Oxford University Museum of Natural History | Lists the names present in 1860: Thomas Henry Huxley, Samuel Wilberforce and others Charles Darwin's Origin of Species in the Museum. 1860-2010. |

## Abingdon

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
| More images | Queen Victoria | Abbey Gardens, Abingdon 51°40′15″N 1°16′42″W﻿ / ﻿51.67092°N 1.27840°W﻿ / 51.67092; -1.27840 | 1887 (1887) | | Statue on pedestal | Bronze and stone | | Grade II | Vale of White Horse District Council | It was presented to the town of Abingdon by Edwin James Trendell in commemoration of Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee year in 1887. |
| | Corn Exchange sculpture | Wall above Pablo Lounge, Market Place, Abingdon 51°40′13″N 1°16′55″W﻿ / ﻿51.67040°N 1.28192°W﻿ / 51.67040; -1.28192 | 1966 (1966) | | Sculpture | | | | Vale of White Horse District Council | Was the site of the Corn Exchange in Abingdon. The sculpture is near the entrance to the Bury Street precinct. |
| | Octagons | The Old Gaol facing the River Thames, Abingdon 51°40′08″N 1°16′50″W﻿ / ﻿51.66878°N 1.28049°W﻿ / 51.66878; -1.28049 | December 13, 2021 (2021-12-13) | Tim Ward | Sculpture | Steel | 2800 mm tall | | Vale of White Horse District Council | Three interlocking octagons relating to the distinctive octagon construction of the Old Gaol. The Abingdon Gaol was built between 1805 and 1818. It was used as a gaol for only 57 years. Auctioned in 1874, it was converted into a corn store, until 1971. It was then used as a sports centre from 1976 to 2002. Converted into apartments from 2021. |

## Bicester

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
| More images | Turning | Bicester Arc, Oxford Road, Bicester 51°53′30″N 1°09′46″W﻿ / ﻿51.89165°N 1.16271°W﻿ / 51.89165; -1.16271 | March 30, 2016 (2016-03-30) | Charlotte Mayer | Sculpture | Bronze | H 300 x W (?) x D (?) cm | | Cherwell District Council | An abstract sculpture of undulating wing like bronze ribs. It changes shape when viewed from different directions suggesting the twists and turns of a journey through life. The work was cast and fabricated at Pangolin Editions and Pangolin London. |

## Faringdon

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
| | Dali's Diver | Market Place, Church Street 51°39′31″N 1°35′01″W﻿ / ﻿51.658531°N 1.583487°W﻿ / 51.658531; -1.583487 | 2014 | Tim Shutter | | Bath stone, Stoke Ground base bed | Diver 100 x 52 x 51 cm | | Faringdon Town Council | Celebrating the friendship between the local eccentric Lord Berners and Salvador Dali. Includes a carved Berners quotation"Mistrust a man who never has an occasional flash of silliness". |

## Wantage

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
| | King Alfred | Market Square, Wantage | 1877 | Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg | | Sicilian Marble on a granite block. | | | Wantage Town Council | |
| | John Betjeman | Church Street, Wantage | 2016 | Martin Jennings | | Bronze Bust | | | Wantage Town Council | |

## Witney

| Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates | Date | Artist / designer | Type | Material | Dimensions | Designation | Owner / administrator | Notes |
| | Buttercross Needle | Marriotts Walk, Witney 51°47′17″N 1°29′12″W﻿ / ﻿51.78793°N 1.48672°W﻿ / 51.78793; -1.48672 | 2019 (2019) | Michael Fairfax | Obelisk | stainless steel, glass & fibre optic lights | | | West Oxfordshire District Council | A contemporary narrow pyramidal obelisk on a geometric steel base. At night, fibre optic lights illuminate it through thin glass strips. It reflects the spire of nearby St Mary's Church and the roof of the Buttercross. |